Sheaf-carrier



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C. H. 8u G. WyELLIOTT.

SHEA? GARRIBR. 1 N0. 379,212. Patented Mair. 13, 1888.

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UNITED STATES i CHARLES H. ELLIOTT AND GEORGE W. ELLIOTT, OF ROOKFORD, IOVA.

SH EAF-CARRI ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 379,212, dated `March 13, 1888.

Application filed September 5, 1887. Serial No. 248,881. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that we, CHARLES H. ELLIOTT and GEORGE W. ELLIOTT, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Floyd and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buudle-Oarriers for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention lelates to bundle-carriers for harvesters; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described, whereby a simple and efficient dumping-platform is provided, and one whose tilting movements may be read- Vily limited and controlled.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, Figure .l isa perspective View of a portion of the frame of a` harvesting-machine having our improved sheaf-carrier applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view representing the platform in a tilted position.

A designates one of the transverse sills of the harvester-frame, to the ends of which are connected the sills B, which extend a short distance beyond the bar A to form projections a. A vert-ical curved metallic arm, C, is rigidly secured at its lowerend to each projecting portion a., and at the upper end oi' said arm one leg, b', of an irregular U-shaped arm, b, is pivotally secured, the said U-shaped arm being rigidly connected to the sides D of the sheaf-carrier G. The arm b has integrally formed therewith anotherleg, c, which extends. inwardly at a slight divergence from the leg b', and has its upper end, d, bent horizontally inward slightly over the sheaf-carrier.

A vertical arm, E, is secured to the outer side of the sheafcarrier,and has its upper end g perforated for the engagement of a wire rod or cable, f, the other end of which is connected to a bell-crank lever, F, pivoted on the harvester-frame. The dropping movement of the platform is limited by theinwardly-bent horizontal portion d of the leg c coming in contact with the under side of the arm G.

The sheaf-carrier comprises a rectangular frame, G, which isopen on the side next the y sill A, and a platform, H, made of slats I, supported on longitudinal bars K, that connect the front and rear sides of the frame. The slats I are arranged transversely, so that when the carrier is tilted,`as shown in Eig. 2, the sheaves will slip smoothly over the slats and be discharged upon rhe ground.

It will be observed that the arm bis connected to the inner open portion of the sheatcarrier D, so that when the said carrier is tilted the weight thereof is suiicient to overbalance and insure the dropping of the said carrier back to a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. I.

The operation of our invention is as follows: Then the carrier is in thehorizontal position shown in Eig. l, it receives the sheaves from the binding-platform (not shown) of the har- Vestel'. IVhen a sufficient number of sheaves to make a shock have accumulated ou the carrier, the operator, by means ofthe lever E, inclines the carrier tothe position shown in Fig. 2. As the upper ends of the legs b are pivoted to the upper ends of the arms C, the inner open side of the carrier is caused to swing away from the harvester-sill A when the carrier is tilted, and thereby an opening is left between the opposing sides of the harvesterframe and the carrier, through which the sheaves fall to the ground.

XVe claim- The combination of the harvester-frame, having the upwardly and outwardly extending arms O at one side, with the sheaf-carrier having the irregular U-shapedarmsbattached to its ends near its inner side, the said arms having the upwardly and inwardly extending legs b', pivoted at their upper ends to the arms O, and the legs @,ydiverging from the legs b and having their outer euds,d,-bent at right angies to form stops to bear against the arms C when the carrier is in a horizontal position, the vertical arm E on the outer side of the carrier, the lever F on the harvester-frame, and the rodf, connecting the arm E and the lever E, substantially as described.

` In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. ELLIOTT. GEORGE -W. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses: v

GEO. H. DUNKELBERG D. W. ALLBEOK. 

